Matthew Vaughn To Direct New Star Wars Film? Jason Flemyng Slips Up

Has the cat been let out of the bag too early? Last week, with rumors swirling around whose going to get involved in the recently announced new trilogy of Star Wars films, actor Jason Flemyng – who can list Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels among his credits – might have possibly, accidentally sort of let slip that Matthew Vaughn had been signed to direct the new film.

The Guardian reports that Vaughn was tipped to direct Episode 7 after Steven Spielberg, Brad Bird and JJ Abrams all publicly ruled themselves out of the reckoning. Vaughn knows his sci-fi, as he’s currently working on X-Men: Days Of Future Past as a producer. Vaughn and Flemyng have worked together on many occasions, including Lock, Stock itself, and Flemyng’s ease at talking about his pal evidently led him to say a little too much.

"Me and Matt have done nine films together, so I'm sure I'll get the call for Star Wars” said Flemyng absent-mindedly as he was asked about rumors surrounding Vaughn and the sci-fi franchise. Oops. He later looked somewhat sheepish in the video, like a man who’d realized he’d said too much. If he has leaked the news, Disney will be furious, with everything having been kept very hush hush since they bought the franchise from George Lucas for $4.05 billion last month.